Various Artists - Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans a half century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest and Chicago styles performed by some of the best known figures in blues history such as Led Belly, Etta Baker, Pink Anderson, Lightnin' Hopkins, the Original Chamber Brothers, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. Album Tracks 1. Old Jabo - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2. Mile-Ridin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy 3. Joggie Boogie - Memphis Slim 4. Black Woman - Vera Hall 5. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas 6. Ran the Blues Out of My Window - Roosevelt Sykes 7. Leaving Blues - Lead Belly 8. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker 9. County Farm Blues - Son House 10. Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) - Champion Jack Dupree 11. Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson 12. Nickel's Worth of Liver - Henry Brown 13. Don't Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams 14. Jimmy Bell - Cat Iron 15. Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis 16. Beer Drinking Woman - Willie Dixon 17. Come Go Home with Me - Lightnin' Hopkins 18. Careless Love - Josh White 19. I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend 20. Rising Sun - Sonny Terry 21. Pony Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards 22. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery 23. Vastapol - Elizabeth Cotten 24. Drifting Along Blues - Lonnie Johnson 25. Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go - the Chambers Brothers 26. Don't Lie Buddy - Lead Belly

Featuring tracks by Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Sugar Blue, James Cotton and others. Album Tracks 1. Make My Getaway - Charlie Musselwhite 2. Have Mercy - Big Walter Horton 3. Shake the Boogie - Billy Boy Arnold 4. Sonny's Whoopin' the Doop - Sonny Terry 5. Broke and Hungry - Junior Wells 6. Thank You Baby - Delbert McClinton 7. Burn Your Bridges - Cephas & Wiggins 8. Coastin' Hank - Little Charlie & the Nightcats 9. Superharp - James Cotton 10. Lonesome Stranger - Carey Bell 11. One More Mile to Go - Sugar Blue 12. Blowin' Like Hell - William Clarke

The Inchmountain cousinInch of the Delta blues, Appalachian blues bears the stamp of a distinctive regional blend of European and African styles and sounds born at the cultural crossroads of railroad camps, mines, and rural settlements. Features 21 tracks drawn from deep within the Folkways collection and from historic live recordings at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the music of bedrock blues performers such as Pink Anderson, Lesley Riddle, Etta Baker, John Jackson, and Doc Watson shines bright, claiming Appalachia as a key cradle of American acoustic blues. Album Tracks 1. My Baby's Gone 2. Louise Blues 3. Sitting on Top of the World 4. Railroad Bill 5. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 6. You Don't Know My Mind 7. Blues Around My Bed 8. Hesitation Blues 9. Pawn Shop Blues 10. The Road Is Rough and Rocky 11. Hoodoo Blues 12. Red River Blues 13. Walking Cane 14. One Dime Blues 15. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 16. Outskirts of Town 17. See What You Done Done 18. I Got a Woman 19. Girl Dressed in Green 20. Blues in the Morning 21. Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee)